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Alison Puls

Tagxedo - Word Cloud with Styles - 1 views

www.tagxedo.com

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  • Alison Puls on 16 Sep 12
     
    This website will turn your composition into a visual. For instance, you could write about Frida Kahlo and it would turn the words into her image. This seems like a good follow up activity to some writing. It may be good motivation to get students writing because they'll want to make this visual.
Alison Puls

Write to Learn - 3 views

writing2.richmond.edu/...wtl.html

shared by Alison Puls on 16 Mar 12 - Cached
  • business of education rather than that of schooling,
  • help students become life-long learners.
  • Language is the most powerful learning tool we have.
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  • so often teachers use writing as a way of testing.
  • a way of encouraging them to find out.
  • is demonstrably a process of learning.
  • do not include copying or filling in the blanks-
  • limited learning value.
  • writing activities help students discover connections, discern processes, raise questions and discover solutions.
  • incorporating the writing activity into the lesson, allowing students to see directly or indirectly how the writing seeks to enhance the learning objectives.
  • call on several of them to read,
  • orces them to pay attention to how they have stated their ideas and encourages them to look at their written words.
  • Do not make judgmental comments
  • either good or bad,
  • A simple "Thank you for sharing"
  • Lori Willert on 16 Mar 12
     
    The following write-to-learn activities have been excerpted from Writing Across the Curriculum's Resource Binder for participating faculty. Many of the activities listed are so common in composition theory and pedagogy that their original source cannot be traced.
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  • Sue Bestul on 16 Mar 12
     
    Provides Write-to-Learn activities from the Writing Across the Curriculum's Resource Binder. Its topics include: Free Writing and Focused Free Writing, Entry Slips/Exit Slips, Reader-Response Writing, The Sentence/Passage Springboard, Writing Definitions to Empower the Student, Student-Formulated Questions, The Short Summary, Group Writing Activities, Dialectical/Double Entry Notebooks, Microthemes, Answer the Question!, Clarification/Review Letters The section on Questions challenges students/teachers to write questions that "explore" rather than provide quick responses. The Sentence/Passage Springboard shows an example of a sentence from a literary text that is difficult to understand, and different people adding their interpretation of that passage as well as commenting on the previous person's interpretation.
  • Holly Thompson on 18 Mar 12
     
    This website gives many examples of write to learn strategies.
  • Jill Hulsing on 15 Sep 12
     
    The main page has some basic information about W2L, similar to what we have been discussing, but at the end there are some suggested activities that look good. 
  • Alison Puls on 16 Sep 12
     
    This website provides an overview of some of the information from out text. It might be a great way to share some of the W2L strategies with colleagues without the book.
nschmitz

Writing to learn Activities - 1 views

flightline.highline.edu/...writingtolearn.htm

Several good ideas and new names for activities

shared by nschmitz on 19 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Holly Gerber on 19 Mar 12
     
    This site is almost like a quick one-page reference tool for teachers who are looking to refresh some of the basic W2L strategies...the admit/exit slips are mentioned, among others. I would use this site if I needed a quick refresher of a strategy I needed or wanted to implement for a particular lesson.
  • Margie Steinberg on 27 Mar 12
     
    I would agree with Holly's comments. This site would be a good one to pass along to content area teachers that are looking for some strategies to work with formative, writing pieces they do with their students.
  • nschmitz on 17 Sep 12
     
    Includes Muddiest Question (one most confusing), One Minute Papers (another name for exit/admit slips) and a nice list of tips at the bottom.
Duane Wiedenheft

Focusing a Discussion - 1 views

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discussion

shared by Duane Wiedenheft on 16 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Duane Wiedenheft on 16 Mar 12
     
    Since I use discussion a lot with my students I thought this was a good idea to refocus. It could be tied in with an exit strategy to find out what students thought the main focus of the discussion really was supposed to be.
Shannon Wurzer

AllThingsAssessment - Research, education tools and blog for assessment - 0 views

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shared by Shannon Wurzer on 17 Sep 12 - Cached
  • Shannon Wurzer on 17 Sep 12
     
    We looked at this website during our inservice. Lots of information about formative assessments and rubric. Good information!!
nschmitz

The Believing Game and the Doubting Game - 0 views

wac.colostate.edu/pop5p.cfm

Opinion - Each Student Thinks

shared by nschmitz on 17 Sep 12 - Cached
  • nschmitz on 17 Sep 12
     
    Good use for any type of persuasion activity - speech, paper, or discussion.
nschmitz

One Minute Papers - 0 views

flightline.highline.edu/...oneminpapers.htm

Exit_Admit Slips

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  • nschmitz on 17 Sep 12
     
    This is like either an exit or admit slip. Perhaps this would be a good title to use in a composition class.
Duane Wiedenheft

What is Writing to Learn? - 0 views

wac.colostate.edu/pop2d.cfm

Ideas

shared by Duane Wiedenheft on 18 Mar 12 - Cached
  • Duane Wiedenheft on 18 Mar 12
     
    I went back today to the Colorado State web site on W2L. The more I look at this site the more I like it. If you want a quick list of strategies to use - its there. If you want to have additional ideas when/where/how to use W2L - its there. It like a second reference to our textbook.
  • Margie Steinberg on 27 Mar 12
     
    I totally agree with the above comment. This site would be another good one to share with colleagues that are looking for a way to work writing into what they do with students as they explore more strategies that are useful in the classroom. Too many of the content area teachers do not see the possibilities of writing as a vehicle for students to get more out of the learning and curriculum.
Heather Gould

Summary Strategies - 1 views

www.aea267.k12.ia.us/...index.php

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  • Heather Gould on 18 Mar 12
     
    In reference to a comment below regarding Magnet Summaries, there are a lot of really good summarizing strategies out there that would be Writing to Learn. This link to our AEA 267 ELA Website has a page devoted to summaries. Within the page you'll notice a few strategies are shared, and there is also a reference to the following book: Summarization in Any Subject: 50 Techniques to Improve Student Learning by Rick Wormeli. It is an awesome resource available through AEA 267's lending library.
Heather Gould

4-2-1 Free Write Strategy - 1 views

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shared by Heather Gould on 11 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Heather Gould on 11 Sep 12
     
    This link takes you to a document containing a graphic organizer and directions for a W2L strategy called 4-2-1 Free Write. While it's not a strategy we'll be covering in class, it looks like a good one!
cindy weber

Writing to Learn - Learning & Teaching Tips - CELT - 1 views

www.humboldt.edu/...writing_to_learn

shared by cindy weber on 15 Sep 12 - No Cached
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      cindy weber on 15 Sep 12
       
      Good points to remember
  • On 3×5 note cards, students write a quick response to a question you pose at some point during class. The question might be on the previous night’s reading, or it might ask students to link two recent lecture topics. You might post the question on the board for students who arrive early and want an extra few minutes to consider and write.
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      cindy weber on 15 Sep 12
       
      This reminded me of the admit slip.
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      cindy weber on 15 Sep 12
       
      Exit slip
  • At the end of the class, pose a minute-write question about the day’s material. If students seem to be confused, you know immediately and can send a clarifying email or begin the next class addressing the issue.
  • After collecting the cards, you can quickly review a few before launching the day’s lecture or activities to see how well students understand.
  • a microtheme of five minutes or so. Used mid-class, a micro-theme serves as a break between activities. After students write, usually on both sides of a large note card (5×8), they turn their responses in, or trade them with a classmate in a think-pair-share activity
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      cindy weber on 15 Sep 12
       
      Writing breaks
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      cindy weber on 15 Sep 12
       
      This would be very non-threatening. You could really reach more students this way and clear up any questions right away.
  • cindy weber on 15 Sep 12
     
    This site has some writing to learn strategies that can be easily integrated into your curriculum with ease and purpose.-Cindy Weber
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